The Saucer Life

Episode Notes We're continuing, in our little side series here, to look at some UFO books targeted at children. Today,  Monsters from Outer Space , which you will hear in its (very brief) entirety. Look here for a picture of the very haunting cover that I semi-remember from my childhood. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagra...

Episode Notes In this episode, we begin the first in a series of occasional looks at the crossover between flying saucers and American presidential politics with a couple of updated ideas about the Obama campaign's appeal to the exopolitics crowd. Yes, it's just about the closest thing to "up to date" that we do here on the show. These ideas appeared in a slightly different form in my books  Extra...

Episode Notes We're returning, briefly, to Greta Woodrew , and her  third book, which I've just obtained, the children's volume  See the Colors! Hear the Music!  You can see some pictures of the book here . Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to their tip jar: h...

Episode Notes So a few months back , we encountered an ad for a flying saucer trivia game called UFOria. This episode is the result. Roberta, Sasha, Nelson, and I had fun doing this one. Maybe too much fun, but this seemed like a good week for this anomaly of an episode. I will not provide a link to buy UFOria. I don't want any of you to blame me if you buy it. Support The Saucer Life and get some...

Episode Notes This was inspired/caused by Jordan from The Nighttime Podcast sending me a copy of Greta Woodrew's 1981 book On a Slide of Light . Used copies of Greta Woodrew's  On a Slide of Light  may be purchased from Amazon Woodrew's second book,  Memories of Tomorrow is available from Amazon or is free to borrow from the Internet Archive . Realtors' video of the STAR Foundation house Jill Smol...

Episode Notes Something that was cut from our Dan Fry episode: here is a delightful bit from We Come in Peace! A Martian Lands in Austria. I found this excerpt in an article from the BSRA . Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinec...

Episode Notes So. There's been a clamoring for an episode about Contactee Daniel Fry for a long time. This is it. In the episode I go into a bit of detail about why it's taken me so long to get around to him, but one of the main reasons is that there is so much available information that it's a bit daunting (see the link below to get an idea). Hope you enjoy it! Sources and Further Information The...

Episode Notes Here's the section on Bill Cooper's interpretation of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast that I decided just didn't fit with the Radio Daze episode. Enjoy (as much as possible with Wild Bill!) Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to their tip jar: ht...

Episode Notes Radio! It use to be a thing--ask your folks, kids! Since the beginning of the flying saucer phenomenon, there have been radio programs dedicated to the subject. While there were several high profile "specials," about the topic this episode focuses on the long running radio series that focused--at least in part--on UFOs, usually as part of a larger focus on the paranormal or conspirat...

Episode Notes Speaking of interesting but fundamentally dull flying saucer films , in this installment of The Saucer Afterlife, I spend a few minutes on The Flying Saucer Mystery. This is a 1952 short film (which is actually an extended version of one that came out in 1950) that features August Roberts (for 4 seconds), Frank Scully (who seems like a hoot), and Donald Keyhoe (who is whatever the op...

Episode Notes Reinhold O. Schmidt was a contactee who had a number of encounters before (and, well, after) he turned to a life of crime. Join us for cigar shaped craft and grand theft. The Kearney Incident Up to Now   (There was a scan floating around the internet and I uploaded it to the Internet Archive. I believe this to be in the public domain. If not, I'm sure someone will let IA know!) The t...

Episode Notes We get mail! We get, occasionally, very interesting, fun things sent to us by our friends, listeners, and friendly listeners. In this installment, I sort through the latest interesting offerings. Support The Saucer Life via PayPal and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to th...

Episode Notes I would bet good money that most of you have not read 1978's The UFO Guidebook by Briazack and Mennick. It's one of the hidden gems of UFO literature, boasting a very even-handed array of definitions and summaries in an encyclopedia style. But that's not the biggest reason I love it. Thanks for listening, and keep your eyes out for befaps, my fellow You can find a used copy through A...

Episode Notes Some brief thoughts on a recent UFO book viewed through the eyes of a man who has recently spent too much time thinking about The Controllers . You can get this recently published book at Amazon ! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to their tip ja...

Episode Notes In this episode, we're looking at "The Controllers"--an essay/white paper written by Martin Cannon in the early 90s. It concerns the possible connections between government mind control experimentation and the alien abduction phenomenon. I've linked to lots of stuff below, so be sure to check it out if this is a strand of the--broadly construed--"alien" "encounter" mystery that you f...

Episode Notes Rather than give you a run down of the top UFO stories of 2019, I thought I'd take a look at what other people were saying were the top UFO stories of the year and rendering judgement on their choices. Just a few minutes of fun and a bit of information to ease you into the New Year. The next full length episode drops on January 8! Fox News Coast to Coast AM The Cut (no, I've never he...

Episode Notes This went through numerous title choices before settling on this, simultaneously an apt description and an homage to another "Holiday Special" that had nothing to do with any particular real holiday. We've got fan fiction, we've got classic saucer poetry, we've got all three of our regular guest voices--Sasha, Roberta, and Nelson--along for the ride, we've got something a bit light a...

Episode Notes William S. "Bill" English is, maybe, the forgotten "Bill" of 80s and 90s UFOlogy. his claims were extraordinary. His story was exciting and entertaining. Featuring clips from some classic UFO radio programming, and from the infamous 1989 MUFON conference, this was a fun episode to put together and we think it's a bit of a sleeper. Special thanks to some folks who pointed us in some d...

Episode Notes No apologies, this one was a bit of a labor of love, and I can't believe I got a whole episode out of the Mitchell Sisters, a pair of 1950s contactees from St. Louis, Missouri. This is a contact tale, but also the story of what happens when a story gets abandoned through the disappearance of its original tellers. Featuring the debut of  Saucer Fanfic Theater ! Reading and resources W...

Episode Notes Yes, that tape recorder was used in the making of this episode, at the suggestion of Associate Producer Simpson Hanover. THUS--the audio sounds....like it was recorded on a tape recorder. Although, it's an exceptionally high quality tape recorder. In this episode we return to the 90s and return to our Zine Scene strand of episodes, with a great and hopefully surprising or intriguing...

Episode Notes Happy Halloween, if you're seeing this on release day. An appropriate topic for the holiday, I think--things that go bump in the night outside of isolated farmhouses, a story that exists in the netherworld of saucer story and monster tale, and one of the few incidents that makes it difficult for me to sleep if I think about it too close to bedtime. Come with us to Christian County, K...

Episode Notes The Maury Island has it all--saucers, alien alloys, men in black, dead investigators, and a cast of characters ranging from bland to shady as all get out. Join us! Further reading: Adam Gorightly on Fred Crisman's connections to some other shady saucerers we've met. Kenn Thomas: JFK & UFO: Military-Industrial Conspiracy and Cover-Up from Maury Island to Dallas Jim Keith: Case...

Episode Notes In this episode, I choose four contacts we've covered on the show and declare them to be the Mount Rushmore of Contactees. I doubt you'll fully agree, and that's okay! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Pinecast Tip Jar PayPal Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by contributing to their tip jar: ht...

Episode Notes Not to be topical or anything, but all during the summer of 2019 we were getting geared up to Storm Area 51--and that's great and all, but I thought that Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton needed some love, so here we are. In this episode, we examine the history of the notion that there's a place the government takes saucer debris, the emergence of "Hangar 18" itself as an i...

Episode Notes This is a talk from Dexter, Michigan I gave on July 22, 2019 about UFOs, history and, of course, the 1966 sightings in the area. It was a fun talk, with a good crowd--some of whom remembered the events themselves. If you'd like to see the slide show that went along with the talk, click here . Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Pinecast Tip Jar PayPal Website: s...